Macro Photo thread

[DibblyDobbler]

^^^ Well done, these are great

[Smollet]

DibblyDobbler said:

^^^ Well done, these are great

Thanks. I can’t sing the praises high enough for Helicon and their products.
Here’s another I did this afternoon.

[DibblyDobbler]

Smollet said:

Thanks. I can’t sing the praises high enough for Helicon and their products.

I have dabbled with stacking in the past but as I shoot bugs mainly it's all handheld and a bit hit or miss to say the least! Do you have a macro rail or some such to move the camera ?

[Smollet]

DibblyDobbler said:

Smollet said:

Thanks. I can’t sing the praises high enough for Helicon and their products.

I have dabbled with stacking in the past but as I shoot bugs mainly it's all handheld and a bit hit or miss to say the least! Do you have a macro rail or some such to move the camera ?

I do have a rail that I use with my Laowa lenses as they are non AF but Helicon uses the AF properties of the lens to formulate a stack. Check it out but it’s not cheap but definitely worth every penny if you’re into macro and stacking. I also have a Helicon tube that I use if I can’t connect to their remote function

[DibblyDobbler]

Smollet said:

DibblyDobbler said:

Smollet said:

Thanks. I can’t sing the praises high enough for Helicon and their products.

I have dabbled with stacking in the past but as I shoot bugs mainly it's all handheld and a bit hit or miss to say the least! Do you have a macro rail or some such to move the camera ?

I do have a rail that I use with my Laowa lenses as they are non AF but Helicon uses the AF properties of the lens to formulate a stack. Check it out but it’s not cheap but definitely worth every penny if you’re into macro and stacking. I also have a Helicon tube that I use if I can’t connect to their remote function

Ah interesting! I shoot Fuji and I understand that the X-T2 (and X-T3) have stacking functionality built into them (not my lowly X-T20) - I'll probably upgrade at some point (for various reasons) so will be intrigued to give it a try

[Vintage Racer]

Fritillary Butterflies

DSC_3516_00009 (3) by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr

DSC_3514_00007 (3) by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr



Blog: https://imageweaver.blogspot.com/

[GravelBen]

Haven't had the macro lens out in a while!

Dandelion (1) by Ben, on Flickr

Dandelion (2) by Ben, on Flickr

Fly on parsley by Ben, on Flickr

Edited by GravelBen on Sunday 25th November 10:42

[GroundEffect]

I got some extension tubes for Christmas as I'd like to give Macro a go (it's good when the weather is boggin'!). First attempt at focus-stacking with a 36mm tube on my 50mm f/1.4.

Testing Extension Tubes by Scott Thomson, on Flickr

[DibblyDobbler]

Nice work Scott - what did you use to do the stack?

[burton_ii]

so i finally got a sigma 105mm for christmas and here are my first few shots. shall be keeping my eye on this thread for tips!

[pic] DSC_4134 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_4152 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_4164 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[GroundEffect]

DibblyDobbler said:

Nice work Scott - what did you use to do the stack?

Thanks - Photoshop CC, very easy!

[DibblyDobbler]

GroundEffect said:

Thanks - Photoshop CC, very easy!

ah interesting, thanks

[DibblyDobbler]

burton_ii said:

so i finally got a sigma 105mm for christmas and here are my first few shots. shall be keeping my eye on this thread for tips!

[pic] DSC_4134 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_4152 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[pic] DSC_4164 by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

Good first efforts Mark!

The trick tends to be maximising depth of field to get as much in focus as possible - so generally you'll either need to do focus stacking or else use the smallest aperture you can get away with (probably meaning you'll need a flash to keep a decent shutter speed). I usually try and shoot about f16 and 1/200 with (importantly, diffused) flash on

[burton_ii]

DibblyDobbler said:

Good first efforts Mark!

The trick tends to be maximising depth of field to get as much in focus as possible - so generally you'll either need to do focus stacking or else use the smallest aperture you can get away with (probably meaning you'll need a flash to keep a decent shutter speed). I usually try and shoot about f16 and 1/200 with (importantly, diffused) flash on

Thank you very much. I was wondering how I could get more on the first shot focused, now can see where I was going wrong! Shall take that all on board and no doubt shall hopefully improve. Thank you again for the tips!

[burton_ii]

took onboard DibblyDobbler's tips and my first focus stacked image. Pretty happy with the outcome.

[pic] Untitled by mark, on Flickr[/pic]

[DibblyDobbler]

Good work Mark! How many shots did you take? How did you do the stack?

[burton_ii]

DibblyDobbler said:

Good work Mark! How many shots did you take? How did you do the stack?

took four shots in total and then added them all to Photoshop to make one layer. Just from a quick guide on the internet I found for assistance.

[DibblyDobbler]

burton_ii said:

DibblyDobbler said:

Good work Mark! How many shots did you take? How did you do the stack?

took four shots in total and then added them all to Photoshop to make one layer. Just from a quick guide on the internet I found for assistance.

Very well done

[burton_ii]

DibblyDobbler said:

burton_ii said:

DibblyDobbler said:

Good work Mark! How many shots did you take? How did you do the stack?

took four shots in total and then added them all to Photoshop to make one layer. Just from a quick guide on the internet I found for assistance.

Very well done

Thank you very much and again thank you for your earlier help.

[Vintage Racer]

Here are a few shots taken through the plastic outer lens on my cars rear light cluster...............makes a change from my usual insect shots.

DSC_1531_00014 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr

DSC_1529_00012 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr

DSC_1527_00010 by Glynn Hobbs, on Flickr




my photoblog here: https://imageweaver.blogspot.com